Retired Soccer Stars Slammed by Chechnyan Home Team

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Miriam Elder who witnessed a bizarre soccer match played late Wednesday in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. It pitted a team of international soccer all-stars against a local squad featuring Chechnya's strong-man president.

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